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During the past two weeks, I have had numerous retirement gatherings. I received many plaques, gifts, and well wishes. Today at 10:30am, I officially left Turf Care and retired. I dressed up for the occasion by wearing my Hawaiian shirt. Sheila suggested I wear shorts and flip flops, but that was pushing the envelope. Today, Dave Pahl, Dave Knight, and the Reliability group gave me a going away lunch. It was a great time. I received a very ...

Johnnie and I arrived at the airport and said our goodbyes to family. We made it through check in and security in record time and have lots of time to spare. The terminal is quiet so it wouldn't take much for me to take a nap. I fear that people watching will keep me from sleep though. Right now our flight is on time and it will be late when we arrive in LA for our connector to Brisbane. I can't wait to see ...

Saturday was Rod’s annual Umstead Ruins Hike in William B. Umstead State Park. We started from the Reedy Creek entrance and Rod gave us a little history of the park before we set off on Company Mill Trail. We stopped in about a half-mile at a big pile of rocks right alongside the trail. These piles were made of rocks cleared from the land for farming. A lot of the labor came from children who moved rocks after ...

... individual goals/themes to solidify our collective sense of achievement. Therefore, in each state, Devika has decided that she needs to go on a ride (or roller coaster); April must touch the water; Chaaya must visit a museum; Shirish must get an adrenaline rush; and Neela must eat the local food. Accordingly, the 'pickup ride' and 'pickup surf' pictures below attest to a couple of these goals. Onward and ...

... which was 6:30 PST. But I still was up to midnight. Darn River Monsters -- watched four episodes, one of which I slept through the last half. I learned about lampreys -- creepy and how they are invading some of the waters of the Pacific NW. They use their suction to climb waterfalls! And I also saw a skate, and watch him catch a Greenland Shark which looks quite different from what you think of. Okay this is a journal of my trip. ...